The truth is, she doesn’t want to announce the truth that she is NOT going to run because her support and influence will dry up and she’ll be irrelevant except as a circuit speaker. Good money there, but the camera goes away. She doesn’t have the infrastructure or the funding to launch a campaign, and I personally think it’s pretty sorry how she is leading a bunch of good people on.
And, you “know” she isn’t running how? Thought so...
I predict she will announce on September 17th - on September 18th you will expose yourself as a Mittens supporter by attacking her. I would rather take the risk of losing with Palin than allow conservatism to be destroyed by a RINO like Romney. Whether Palin is the next Reagan, or the next Goldwater that leads to the next Reagan, anything would be better than Romney.
“She doesn’t have the infrastructure or the funding to launch a campaign....”
If she is undertaking some sort of uber-clever misdirection campaign all leading up to a last minute surprise candidacy, I think shes’ playing it too cute by half. She is losing valuable time, money, and resources with the half in, half out “oh goodness I just can’t decide” routine. Heck, I think Perry just squeaked in at the last realistic moment.
There are so many things wrong with that statement that I do not know where to begin. Palin already has the contract with Fox News and stands to make plenty of money even if she doesn't run. She is not making "extra" money by keeping us in the dark about her plans. In fact, she turned down millions of dollars to renew the "Palin in Alaska" TV show - why would she turn that easy money down if she wasn't planning on running and was only interested in money?
If Palin gets into the race, infrastructure and funding will not be an issue.
As one of the Orcs in Lord of the Rings said:
"What d'you say? - if we get a chance, you and me'll slip off and set up somewhere on our own with a few trusty lads, somewhere where there's good loot nice and handy, and no big bosses."
Look at the debate, where Bachmann brought up the Gardasil.
Like the addled cretin he is, he tried to refute this by BRAGGING -- my God, BRAGGING -- about how much OTHER money he had in contributions. In other words, a bribe of $6000 for Gardasil is scarcely worth stooping to pick up: even if it isn't really *called* a bribe, it's still typical K-Street Pay-to-Play.
That torpedo over Gardasil, and the later one over the illegal aliens, are going to do serious damage to him.
The more so as he kept on trying to waggle his head in what he *thought* was a Reaganesque way, but instead of saying, "Well, there you go again..." it came out resembling "That's how WE do it in TEXAS, Boy-uh."
After all the Harvard arrogance of Teh One, people aren't going to go for Texan arrogance instead just because he's doing it "all by himself" without a teleprompter.
Cheers!